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A bill to improve the administration of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
To improve the administration of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
Summary
- Makes cooperative agreements mandatory for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership Centers, changing from discretionary to required.
- Expands evaluation criteria for Centers to include assessment of financial management, including monitoring for potential fraud and misuse of funds.
- Requires the Secretary to commence a competition to select a new operator within 30 days if a Center fails to remedy deficiencies or show improvement during probation.
- Requires the Secretary to commence a competition within 30 days if financial assistance for a Center is not renewed or canceled, and makes remaining funds available to the new operator.
- Sets a maximum 90-day period for application submission and requires operator selection within 30 days after the application period ends.
- Prohibits the Secretary from taking adverse action against a Center except following an evaluation that is not positive.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
3 cosponsors
- Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH)
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ)
- Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] (R-OH)
Actions (2)
- Jul 13, 2026 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · senate
- Jul 13, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 13, 2026
Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Husted, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Moreno) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
A BILL
To improve the administration of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. IMPROVEMENTS FOR ADMINISTRATION OF HOLLINGS MANUFACTURING EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP.
(a) Requirement for Cooperative Agreements.—Subsection (e)(1) of section 25 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278K) is amended by striking “may” and inserting “shall”.
(b) Expansion of Evaluation of Centers To Include Assessment of Financial Management.—Subsection (g)(3) of such section is amended—
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (C) as clauses (i) through (iii), respectively, and indenting such clauses 2 ems to the right;
(2) in the matter before clause (i), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by striking “performance of the Center against—” and inserting the following: “performance of the Center—
“(A) against”;
(3) in subparagraph (A)(iii), as designated by paragraph
(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
“(B) with respect to financial management, including monitoring for potential fraud and misuse of funds.”.
(c) Improvements to Administration of Probation.—Subsection (g)(5) of such section is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (B), by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:
“(iii) not later than 180 days after the date of the notice under clause (i), reevaluate the Center and determine whether the Center has remedied a deficiency or shown significant improvement in performance.”; and
(2) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking “may” and inserting “shall”.
(d) Remedies.—Subsection (g)(6) of such section is amended—
(1) by amending subparagraph (A) to read as follows:
“(A) In general.—If the Secretary determines that a Center has failed to remedy a deficiency or to show significant improvement in performance before the end of the probation period under paragraph (5), the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after making that determination, commence conducting a competition to select an operator for the Center under subsection
(h).”; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
“(C) Not renewed or canceled financial assistance.—In any case in which the financial assistance for a Center is not renewed or canceled, subject to the availability of appropriations, the Secretary shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which such financial assistance is not renewed or canceled—
“(i) commence conducting a competition to select an operator for the Center under subsection (h); and
“(ii) make available to the eligible entity selected to operate the Center pursuant to clause (i) any remaining financial assistance that had been allocated to the previous operator of the Center under subsection (e).
“(D) Period for competition and selection.—For any competition commenced pursuant to subparagraph (A) or (C) to select an operator for the Center under subsection (h)—
“(i) the duration of the period for submittal of an application to operate the Center shall not be exceed 90 days; and
“(ii) not later than 30 days after the date on which the period described in clause
(i) ends, the Secretary shall select an eligible entity to operate the Center in accordance with subsections (h) and (i).”.
(e) Exclusivity of Remedies.—Subsection (g) of such section is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
“(7) Exclusivity of remedies.—The Secretary may not take any adverse action against a Center, including suspending, canceling, or not renewing financial assistance or a cooperative agreement, except pursuant to an evaluation under this subsection that is other than positive.”. <all>
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